cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28962153
Tony Blair has called for the government to change course on climate, suggesting a strategy that limits fossil fuels in the short term or encourages people to limit consumption is “doomed to fail”.
In comments that have prompted a backlash within Labour, the former prime minister suggested the UK government should focus less on renewables and more on technological solutions such as carbon capture.
Blair said people were “being asked to make financial sacrifices and changes in lifestyle when they know that their impact on global emissions is minimal”. He said “any strategy based on either ‘phasing out’ fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail”.
The paper itself, written by the TBI’s Lindy Fursman, said net zero policies were now “increasingly viewed as unaffordable, ineffective or politically toxic”.
For a more sane on this topic, see: Preparing for a New Cultural Paradigm with Jean-Marc Jancovici
It’s wild that all the fucks who invaded Iraq are still around and people are writing about their opinions. This mother fucker should be at The Hague.
Well Tony Blair has certainly never been wrong as fuck on anything that I can recall
If it is, then it’s on purpose.
Oh god shag someore ID cards tony.
Least disappointing labourite… Ugh
